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Associate Application Security & Akamai Onboarding Engineer

iTek People, Inc.United States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 13, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to deepen your expertise in Akamai's cutting-edge security and CDN solutions, working with a reputable company on critical application onboarding and security initiatives. You'll thrive here if you possess strong Akamai platform experience and a passion for application security, making this an excellent next step in your career growth.

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

United States

Posted

6 days ago

Job Description

Position: Associate Application Security & Akamai Onboarding Engineer
Experience: 10+ Years
Employment: W2 / C2C
Visa: // H1B

Must-Have Skills

Hands-on Akamai Platform experience
Akamai Property Manager
Akamai CDN application onboarding
Akamai WAF and Edge Security fundamentals
Akamai configuration deployment and validation
Origin Lockdown
TLS/SSL certificate management
Troubleshooting Akamai, DNS, TLS and application connectivity issues
Experience making configuration changes directly within the Akamai portal
Akamai production deployment/support experience

Preferred Skills

Akamai API Security, Bot Manager, Edge DNS
Akamai Application & API Protector (AAP)
Akamai APIs / Terraform Provider
Imperva-to-Akamai migration
DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, CDN and reverse proxy
Load balancing / F5
OWASP Top 10, API Security, Secure SDLC
AWS/Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, API Gateway
Python, REST APIs, GitHub, Terraform, CI/CD
Production support, change management and incident response

Key Responsibilities

Perform application onboarding within the Akamai platform.
Configure and maintain Akamai Property Manager configurations.
Implement WAF protections and Edge Security controls.
Support Origin Lockdown and origin protection initiatives.
Perform configuration testing, validation and production deployments.
Troubleshoot Akamai, DNS, TLS and application connectivity issues.
Support WAF rule deployment, monitoring and security validation.
Participate in production releases, cutovers and rollback activities.
Support post-deployment monitoring and stabilization.
Collaborate with Application Security, Networking, DNS, CDN, Infrastructure and Application teams.
Document onboarding procedures and operational processes.